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Vik shares his $200K mistake and the creation of CreatorKit, a tool designed to optimize Amazon Creator Connections.

Vik missed out on over $200,000 in Amazon Creator Connections earnings because he wasn't paying attention, and he's not letting that happen to anyone else. Mike and Ben sit down with Vik, a former Facebook software engineer turned offsite deals operator, to break down that costly mistake and the tool he built because of it. In this episode: The story behind Vik's $200K mistake, missing out on Amazon Creator Connections opportunities for months How Vik built an offsite deals business from scratch, including a TikTok style daily deals app pulling in $80K plus some months Why he's coming back with a vengeance and building CreatorKit, a $9.99 a month tool to search and filter Amazon Creator Connections Features inside CreatorKit including a deals tab, daily updates, and campaign history A quick Prime Day recap, with Ben at $16.3K and Mike at $18.5K in commissions If you've ever wondered what missing Amazon Creator Connections actually costs, this episode lays it all out, and shows you the tool built to make sure it never happens again. Subscribe for more real talk on creator income, Amazon strategy, and building a business that actually pays. ____________________ Check out…

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